Hi Lisa,
I don't know how you still have "select" as the input type if the dropdown
is changed. Can you try this code?
ie.select_list(:id, "advisor.dealerId").select "some value"
Thanks
On Mon, May 23, 2011 at 2:44 PM, Lisa Crispin <lisa.cris...@gmail.com>wrote:
>
> We are changing what used to be regular drop-down select list boxes to a
> dojo widget thingie that allows type ahead to select the item. Here's the
> HTML:
>
> <select dojoType="dijit.form.FilteringSelect" id=advisor.dealerId
> name=advisor.dealerId style='width: 550px;'>
>
>
> <option value="0" >
>
> </option>
>
> <option value="1059" >
> 1717 Capital Management / 300 Continental Drive / Suite 3
> South / Newark, DE 19713-4329 /
>
> </option>
> ...etc
>
>
> I thought I could use text_field to set a value here, just as if I typed it
> manually on the page. I tried "ie.text_field(:id,
> 'advisor.dealerId').set(<some value>). When I do this in irb, I see it set
> the value, but when I submit, it shows the default value was selected
> instead. I also tried fire_event("onclick"), that didn't help.
>
> We were able to get our Canoo WebTest scripts to select these with its
> "forceHiddenInputField" step. I thought maybe I could do something similar
> in Watir with "input type=hidden", but I can't get the syntax right and I
> can't find any examples. I can't figure out where I would put "input
> type=hidden" in my text_field step.
>
> Would someone please point me to examples that might help me figure this
> out? I apologize if this is an ignorant question. I searched the mailing
> list and the Watir site but I could not figure out how to make this work.
> thanks,
> Lisa
>
>
>
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